Preventive strategies in child and adolescent psychiatry

Childhood and adolescence are periods of growth and development that are critical to the formation of adult personality and psychopathology. Moreover, childhood psychopathology may differ significantly in presentation and risk factors from those seen among adults and may require different preventive...

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Main Authors: Rajesh Sagar, Vijay Krishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2017;volume=33;issue=2;spage=118;epage=122;aulast=Sagar
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spelling doaj-0b08086cac1e4fcd9435e35db2e499a92020-11-24T23:24:46ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Social Psychiatry0971-99622017-01-0133211812210.4103/ijsp.ijsp_43_17Preventive strategies in child and adolescent psychiatryRajesh SagarVijay KrishnanChildhood and adolescence are periods of growth and development that are critical to the formation of adult personality and psychopathology. Moreover, childhood psychopathology may differ significantly in presentation and risk factors from those seen among adults and may require different preventive strategies. Service-related characteristics such as the shortage of trained child and adolescent mental health professionals also demand that the focus should shift from resource-intensive treatment interventions, toward preventive measures that can be delivered at lower cost in terms of workforce, money, and time; and can lead to improved outcomes for a wide variety of conditions. Preventive strategies that have been implemented in this population have mostly included both preventive measures (aiming at reducing the prevalence of risk factors) and promotive components (aimed at increasing resilience and positive mental health characteristics), usually in combination. Interventions have been shown to be most effective when they are targeted at underlying latent structures that predict risk; they are also more effective when delivered over a prolonged period. Interventions must also be formulated such that they are developmentally appropriate, and with clearly stated outcome parameters for evaluation. A few example interventions that have made use of these strategies are discussed in the course of this article.http://www.indjsp.org/article.asp?issn=0971-9962;year=2017;volume=33;issue=2;spage=118;epage=122;aulast=SagarAdolescent psychiatrychild psychiatrypreventive strategies
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Preventive strategies in child and adolescent psychiatry
Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
Adolescent psychiatry
child psychiatry
preventive strategies
author_facet Rajesh Sagar
Vijay Krishnan
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title Preventive strategies in child and adolescent psychiatry
title_short Preventive strategies in child and adolescent psychiatry
title_full Preventive strategies in child and adolescent psychiatry
title_fullStr Preventive strategies in child and adolescent psychiatry
title_full_unstemmed Preventive strategies in child and adolescent psychiatry
title_sort preventive strategies in child and adolescent psychiatry
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry
issn 0971-9962
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Childhood and adolescence are periods of growth and development that are critical to the formation of adult personality and psychopathology. Moreover, childhood psychopathology may differ significantly in presentation and risk factors from those seen among adults and may require different preventive strategies. Service-related characteristics such as the shortage of trained child and adolescent mental health professionals also demand that the focus should shift from resource-intensive treatment interventions, toward preventive measures that can be delivered at lower cost in terms of workforce, money, and time; and can lead to improved outcomes for a wide variety of conditions. Preventive strategies that have been implemented in this population have mostly included both preventive measures (aiming at reducing the prevalence of risk factors) and promotive components (aimed at increasing resilience and positive mental health characteristics), usually in combination. Interventions have been shown to be most effective when they are targeted at underlying latent structures that predict risk; they are also more effective when delivered over a prolonged period. Interventions must also be formulated such that they are developmentally appropriate, and with clearly stated outcome parameters for evaluation. A few example interventions that have made use of these strategies are discussed in the course of this article.
topic Adolescent psychiatry
child psychiatry
preventive strategies
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